UA: 348/09 Index: ASA 41/013/2009 Issue Date: 23 December 2009

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 3 FEBRUARY 2010. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.

A mob with official backing is attempting to evict nearly 200 Buddhist monks and nuns from a monastery in central Viet Nam. The group have been sheltering there since they were evicted from another monastery in September, by a similar mob. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 155/09 Index: ASA 41/012/2009 Issue Date: 22 December 2009

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Human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh has been charged with attempting to overthrow the state. For this, he could face the death penalty. Two others are facing the same charge. [ Lire la suite » ]

Further information on UA: 313/09 Index: ASA 41/011/2009 Issue Date: 21 December 2009

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 29 JANUARY 2010.
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Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed on one side. The prison authorities are not providing him with adequate medical care, and his health is in danger. [ Lire la suite » ]